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سَقْف
ceiling /ˈsaqf/
nounB1#2103 most common
Also: roof, cap (upper limit)
Example sentences
السَّقْفُ أَبْيَض.
The ceiling is white.
هُنَاكَ مِصْبَاحٌ فِي السَّقْف.
There is a lamp on the ceiling.
سَقْفُ هَذِهِ الغُرْفَةِ مُرْتَفِعٌ جِدًّا.
The ceiling of this room is very high.
تَسَرَّبَ المَاءُ مِنَ السَّقْفِ بَعْدَ المَطَرِ الغَزِيرِ.
Water leaked from the ceiling after the heavy rain.
وَضَعَتِ الحُكُومَةُ سَقْفًا لِلْإِنْفَاقِ العَامِّ هَذَا العَامَ.
The government set a ceiling on public spending this year.
بَلَغَتِ الأَسْعَارُ سَقْفَهَا وَلَمْ تَعُدْ قَادِرَةً عَلَى الِارْتِفَاعِ.
Prices reached their ceiling and could no longer rise.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | سَقْفٌ | سُقُوفٌ |
| Genitive | سَقْفٍ | سُقُوفٍ |
| Accusative | سَقْفًا | سُقُوفًا |
| Vocative | يَا سَقْفُ | يَا سُقُوفُ |
Word family
سَقَّفَto roof, to fit with a ceiling
تَسْقِيفroofing, the act of putting up a ceiling
مَسْقُوفroofed, covered over
سَقِيفَةroofed shed or portico
Etymology
The word derives from the Semitic root s-q-f, tied to the idea of covering a space from above. In classical usage it named the roof or covering of a building. Modern Arabic extends it to an abstract upper limit, as in a price or spending ceiling.
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